Roadside marketing can cost little to be effective. It's all about getting noticed by every potential customer that passes your front door. The busier the location,the greater the opportunity

Successful store wide sales are achieved through thorough detailed planning and aggressive implementation

A common question from the many different garden centres we work with is "How do I get good staff?"

Since the late nineties, psychologists have been suggesting the abundance of consumer options are stalling our decision making and wearing away at our well-being.

Some garden centre owners and managers continue to work dangerously with a 'seat-of-the-pants' management style. They deal with things as they come and keep important back office matters in their head.

When asked, most key players and commentators in our industry say the most important message they can impart to a garden retailer is to focus on your Point of Difference

Women are multiple markets in one and understanding how they shop and why they buy is the first step to gaining their business.

To be successful retailers requires us to communicate on a variety of levels. How many customers leave your store empty-handed because they couldn't find what they wanted?

Should we control how our customers navigate our garden centres in the same way that our webmasters do in our online stores?

Key for garden centres is employing a creative process rather than a reactionary process to planning the development of their business